Capt. Moses Adams
Male, #1534, (4 August 1731 - 5 September 1815)
Capt. Moses Adams|b. 4 Aug 1731\nd. 5 Sep 1815|p1534.htm|Daniel Adams|b. 12 Jan 1686\nd. 12 Sep 1772|p22.htm|Sarah Sanford|b. 13 Oct 1694\nd. 7 Nov 1772|p23.htm|John Adams|b. 18 Feb 1657/58\nd. 1 Mar 1751|p44690.htm|Deborah Partridge|b. 16 Aug 1662\nd. 1 Mar 1751|p20.htm|Deacon Thomas Sanford|b. 27 Apr 1673|p24.htm|Christian unknown|b. a 1670|p19900.htm|
Capt. Moses Adams was born on 4 August 1731 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.5,1,2,3,4 He was the son of Daniel Adams and Sarah Sanford.1,2,3,4 On 12 June 1758 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Moses married Rachel Leland, daughter of Daniel Leland and Mary Death. Adams (1898) has their marriage occurring in 1756.5,1,4,2,3 Capt. Moses Adams served in 1775 as a Representative to the Massachusetts General Court. He served again in 1782 and 1783.2 During the Alarm on 19 April 1775, he was the First lieutenant of the Medway Company in Col. John Smith's regiment. A year later, he was promoted to Captain of the 9th company in Col. Ephraim Wheelock's Suffolk Regiment. In september 1777, his company was in col. Benjamin Hawes' Regiment.2 He died on Tuesday, 5 September 1815 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, at age 84 years, 1 month and 1 day. He left a will on 7 November 1815 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.2
Children of Capt. Moses Adams and Rachel Leland
- Hepsebath Adams+5,1,4,2,3 (16 Dec 1758 - 10 Mar 1842)
- Rhoda Adams5,1,4,2,3 (22 Feb 1761 - 1835)
- Moses Adams2,1 (6 Dec 1763 - 29 May 1767)
- Mary Adams5,4,3,1 (26 Apr 1767 - )
- Rachel Adams5,4,3,1 (25 Sep 1769 - )
- Ruth Adams5,4,3,1 (7 Apr 1772 - )
- Capt. Aaron Adams5,4,3 (1 Sep 1775 - 1824)
Citations
- Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905.
- Adams, Andrew N. A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and his Descendants also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Company, 1898.
- Morse, Abner. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans. volume I. Boston: the author, 1857).
- Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts. Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1855.
- Jameson, E. O. The Biographical Sketches of Prominent Persons and The Genealogical Records of Many Early and Other Families in Medway, Mass. 1713-1886. Providence, Rhode Island: J.A. & R.A. Reid Printers, 1886.
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